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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Raises the minimum recovery in a civil action to recover for a wrongful death from $250,000 to $365,000 and automatically increases for inflation the minimum recovery annually on January 31. The increase is based on the consumer price index.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Raises the minimum recovery in a civil action to recover for a wrongful death from $250,000 to $365,000 and automatically increases for inflation the minimum recovery annually on January 31. The increase is based on the consumer price index.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5513"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5513 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Consumer Affairs", "Courts", "Death", "Fees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Dawson", "J. Brien", "McEntee", "Potter"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-10"
+last_action: "2023-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f735820-28c1-4aa5-8c86-3667e22302bc"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "af047c8bcd9197ada66cedab18ad564a04340fb8eb7a929cafa5d2908f8e6bad"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 5513 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Raises the minimum recovery in a civil action to recover for a wrongful death from $250,000 to $365,000 and automatically increases for inflation the minimum recovery annually on January 31. The increase is based on the consumer price index.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5513 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5513A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- J. Brien — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2023)
+- **2023-03-06** 03/06/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2023)
+- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/23/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-23** 06/23/2023 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f735820-28c1-4aa5-8c86-3667e22302bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+